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101 Schooling Exercises
Author: Jaki Bell; £11.87
Synopsis
Schooling your horse is fundamental to any equestrian
pastime
so g
etting
it right is essential to the horse and rider's progression. With 101 Schooling
Exercises
you can plan the exercises you want to ride according to the level of
you and your horse's ability. Whether to increase your horse's balance
generate
impulsion or for more advanced lateral exercises
the easy-to-follow exercises
include all the information you need to ride the movement correctly
what may go
wrong and advice on how to correct it. Each exercise is accompanied by an aerial
illustration of the arena and additional diagrams showing the rider's position
including where the emphasis should be on the rider's aids. Celebrities from the
equestrian world also divulge their favourite training exercises including
celebrity tips and advice.
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Keeping
a Pony at Grass
Author: The Pony Club; £6.39
Synopsis
It is one of the Pony Club's longest-lasting and most popular
publications. First published over 40 years ago it tackles its subject - keeping
ponies in good order in safe and satisfactory surroundings - with the utmost
simplicity and good sense. The text and illustrations have been updated to
reflect modern methods of feed and horse management
but the basic philosophy
and wisdom remain intact.
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The Horses and Ponies
Protection Association is one of the oldest and most respected Charities for
equine welfare. HAPPA was founded in 1937 to help fight against the
transportation of large horses to the continent for slaughter.
However
complaints of horses
ponies and donkeys being ill treated
starved and
abused were reported to the Association
and since then we have investigated
many thousands of complaints.
1997 saw this Association
(HAPPA) celebrating its Sixtieth Anniversary. 1997 also saw the saving of 16
racehorses! One would think this could never happen. But it did! It took HAPPA
staff from the Shores Hey Rescue Centre hours to save them from the squalid
conditions they were living in.
These once proud
now
emaciated horsess were standing 3ft deep in their own manure
they were crawling
with lice and covered with open sores. HAPPA staff also found the dead body of
another horse rotting among them under a pile of pallets!
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Learning to Read Your Horse
by Claraetta Olney
Each horse needs either a firm; insistent approach
such as a pressure/no
pressure method
or a gentle approach. A bossy horse would require the first
method
and a more timid horse would require the second method. Other horses may
need a combination of methods.
This is why I say you need to learn how to read your horse
observe its
reactions to different methods. You must train your horse according to its
temperament. A good way to start is just to watch your horse either in the
pasture or in the stall where he is at home. Also in its home corral. Observe it
with other horses present to see where it fits in with the herd.
The horse I rode when I was a teenager was one of those horses that needed a
firm hand. He was the kind that thought he could rule the roost. I had to make
him see I was head horse in order to get him to mind me. The horse I have now is
a timid horse
so I treat her with much more gentleness than I did the other
horse.
Cindy( my present horse) was two and one half years old when I bought her. As
a brown and white pinto filly
she was a wild untamed mustang. She was very
unsure of herself and other horses could chase her away from her feed. I treated
her very gently in order to get her confidence in me.
The first few weeks I worked with Cindy
I gave her two short lessons per
day
one in the morning and one at night. Later I worked with her once a day.
She was kept in a round pen at first and was very hard to catch. Later I moved
her to a pen with corners and developed the training method I call the "Y
Stance"
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